The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reviewing a controversial landfill in Gregory Canyon, a sacred site for the Pala Band of Mission Indians in California.

The tribe wants to protect Chokla, a mountain that is one of the homes of Takwic, a sacred figure. The tribe says the landfill will destroy the area and cause pollution.

The backers of the project have spent more than $40 million since the 1980s, The Los Angeles Times reports. They plan to accept 1.1-million tons a year of trash at the landfill.

The tribe owns land adjacent to the landfill.

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San Diego County tribe says proposed landfill would be too close to sacred site (The Los Angeles Times 7/5)

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